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I just found out that we lost @Snake45 about two years ago, not long after he first suggested I check this place out... and it reminded me of all those people I knew 20-25 years ago in college and fallen forums from those days.

Drop a post and reminisce a little if back then you were a member of...
  • The High Road (original)/A Human Right/We the Armed - I was there back when Oleg still owned it and Larry Correia was still a mod and Mike Kupari was still just "Nightcrawler" posting short-form fiction on a forum
  • Your American Backyard/The Gun Zone/EOTAC/Gunhub - once hangout of many old-time gunwriters including Mas Ayoob, Patrick Sweeney, Charlie Petty, Frank James, Walt Rauch and Dean Speir (RIP all but Mas and Pat)
  • Others? I was part of Mike Caswell's AWBanSunset in '04 but that community went down soon after The Ban expired and we all lost touch
My username most places was the same as here most of the time, though in my early days I went by "nedry". (IYKYK)
 
While not on your list the FALFiles was very active way-back then during the golden-age of FAL parts imports & builds. I spent a lot of time there when I was in my FAL building mode, but things started going south there for various reasons and I faded away from it.

It's still around but a shell of it's former self.
 
Talyn said:
While not on your list the FALFiles was very active way-back then during the golden-age of FAL parts imports & builds. I spent a lot of time there when I was in my FAL building mode, but things started going south there for various reasons and I faded away from it.

It's still around but a shell of it's former self.
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Thanks - I mainly only listed the ones I remembered being part of. Maybe this thread can help reconnect old buddies if enough chime in... wonder what happened to Kevin Gibson, Chubby Pigeon, "Stand Watie" and csmkersh just for a few.
 
The Armory Life, Glock, Glock Collectors.
Armory Life to Wolfpack? How about it Wolfpack?
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My first gun forum was the original The Firing Line some 25 years ago. It was a small community at the time and we were all pretty close. But the original owner was a bit full of himself and didn't take well to criticism. (putting it mildly) He ended up running a lot of good people off. He was the one who prompted Oleg to start The High Road.
Another small forum was also started by a small group fed up with that guy called Family, Friends and Firearms. We really were a family. A very close nit bunch who truly cared about guns and each other. We even had two gatherings and shooting events at the owner's home in Missouri. I was proud to be both a moderator and an administrator there.
However, the owner passed away in 2002 and all Hell broke loose with three people fighting over ownership of the site. It got real ugly. I was an admin at the time and fully supported the person who I believed was the true owner. We lost and I walked away. Never went back.
That forum continued on for at least another 10 years but is now long gone.
That experience taught me a very valuable lesson about getting too wrapped up in the internet. I don't need or do that anymore. Its just words on a screen. Don't take it too seriously. :rolleyes:
 
Cliques and drama and personal rivalries were a big part of M4Carbine.net's collapse too. (Full disclosure, I'm a mod there. We're not a Gunhub level ghost town, but it's the same handful of diehards every day and we really need more AR/M4/shooting discussion to bring it back.)

Oh, forgot to mention 1990s Packing.org - back in high-school.
 
Talyn said:
While not on your list the FALFiles was very active way-back then during the golden-age of FAL parts imports & builds. I spent a lot of time there when I was in my FAL building mode, but things started going south there for various reasons and I faded away from it.

It's still around but a shell of it's former self.
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Same here
Fal files a lot
Been long long long ago !
 
Belt Fed said:
Always a fight over Stihl vs Husky
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@Belt Fed

Husky's for the WIN here! (y)(y):D

❤️ my Husky 262XP Pro with a 28" bar.

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The Husqvarna 262 XP is a legendary 62cc professional chainsaw produced between roughly 1989 and 1996, renowned for being the first model to feature Air Injection technology. It is highly regarded for its 4.8-hp output, high RPMs, and excellent power-to-weight ratio (12.8 lbs. powerhead), making it a popular "cult classic" for professional logging and firewood.

Mine's not as clean as the pic.
 
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